Francis Bacon: The New Organon
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When the New Organon appeared in 1620, part of a six-part programme of scientific inquiry entitled 'The Great Renewal of Learning', Francis Bacon was at the high point of his political career, and his ambitious work was groundbreaking in its attempt to give formal philosophical shape to a new and rapidly emerging experimentally-based science. Bacon combines theoretical scientific epistemology with examples from applied science, examining phenomena as various as magnetism, gravity, and the ebb and flow of the tides, and…
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Key features
- Lively introduction by Lisa Jardine, author of the recent acclaimed biography of Bacon
- New translation of the text into modern English
- Useful notes on further reading
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139164030
- Series Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
- Subjects General Science,History of Science,Philosophy,Philosophy Texts
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 28 March 2000
- ISBN: 9780521563994
- Dimensions (mm): 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.6kg
- Page extent: 292 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 28 March 2000
- ISBN: 9780521564830
- Dimensions (mm): 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.436kg
- Page extent: 292 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 05 June 2012
- ISBN: 9781139164030
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